June 2008
Welcome Our New Member
Diane Chen, a library information specialist for John F. Kennedy Middle School in Nashville, TN, joned CALA SE Chapter. Diane is currently an ALA Councilor 2007-2010 and was elected to the ALA Executive Board 2008-2011. She is also serving as American Association of School Librarian Director-Elect of Region 4. Want to learn more about Diane? Check out her personal blog "Practically Paradise" at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/practicallyparadise Welcome, Diane!
February 2008 (Happy Chinese New Year to all members!)
2008 CALA SE Chapter Annual Conference Presentation Slides
For those members who missed this morning's webconference, you can find the slides for the two presentations here:
Advancing Library Information Services in China (Presenter: Mr. Lili Li)
Embedded Librarians: A Recent Trend in Academic Libraries. (Presenter: Ms. Carley E. Suther)
2008 CALA SE Chapter Annual Conference (Important notice)
Dear SE Chapter Members,
This is a friendly reminder that the Southeast Chapter Online Annual Conference is scheduled to be held from 9:00am - 11:00am (Eastern Time) on Feb 29, 2008 (Friday). The Presentations will be:
Lili Li, Advancing Library Information Services in China
Carley E. Suther, Embedded Librarians: A Recent Trend in Academic Libraries.
To join the conference, you can either go directly here:
http://www.webconference.com/login.asp?u=CONF4334303&p=&r=R385462561224496
Or go to https://www.webconference.com/joinmeeting.htm Username is CONF4334303 and leave the Password box blank.
Please note that this web conference product can only be run at Internet Explorer, so please switch to IE for the meeting if you normally use Firefox as your browser. Also, a software will start to be downloaded automatically when you visit the page above, so please join the meeting a couple of minutes ahead of time to allow the software properly downloaded.
Thank you all for your participation in advance and looking forward to meeting each of you on Feb. 29, 2008!
Your webmaster
Call for Presenters
The CALA SE Chapter is planning to hold its 2008 annual conference on Feb. 29 (Friday), 9:00-11:00am at eastern time. The Vyew product (http://www.vyew.com) will be used to hold this online real-time conference. We are currently calling for presenters for this upcoming conference. You can find more detailed information by clicking here(in Word) or here(in PDF). Thank you for your participation in advance!
Welcome Our New Members
Sophie Dong and Yanjuan Zhu joined CALA SE chapter. Sophie is the Serials Cataloging Librarian at the University of Georgia Libraries and Yanjuan is a graduate student in the master's program at University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Welcome, Sophie and Yanjuan!
December 2007
Welcome Our New Members
Thanks to the support from the Diversity Initiatives of the Association of Research Libraries, we had 7 new members joining our SE Chapter in December 2007. A hearty welcome to our new members -- Jason Kelly Alston, RaShauna Nicole Brannon, Jordan Christopher Andrade, Freeman Dantell Culver III, Marcellaus A. Joiner, Manju Tanwar, and Daryl Payton!
October 2007
Dr. Chih Wang, a long time CALA member, has recently set up his personal website "Wang Wide Web". Dr. Wang shares his writings in the field of library and information science on his site, and from which one can get access to both his Chinese and English essays about his legendary and uneasy life stories too. Check it out now!
September 2007
Ms. Haiyun Cao, the Past Vice President of CALA's Southeast Chapter, has left us to take a new position in Canada. Ms. Cao did a lot for SE Chapter during the past months. We will miss her so much and wish her all the best for her future endeavor in Canada!
Mr. Lili Li, an Assistant Professor / E-Information Services Librarian from Georgia Southern University will take over as the Vice President of CALA's Southeast Chapter for 2007-2008. Congratulations, Lili!
Ms. Min Tong, a CALA life member and a Reference Librarian from the University of Central Florida, became our new Webmaster! Please contact Min if you have any suggestions/advice to offer about our website at mtong@mail.ucf.edu.
July 2007
Welcome Our New Member
David Hickey joined CALA SE chapter. He is the Asian Studies Bibliographer at the University of Florida. Welcome, David!
June 2007
SE Members at 2007 ALA Annual
At the 2007 ALA annual conference, Li Zhang from Mississippi State University Libraries met Haipeng Li, the immediate past president of CALA. Zhang reported the progress of the newly established CALA Southeast Chapter, including its new Web site, recruitment efforts, and potential programs.
At the conference, Zhang displayed two poster sessions that received very positive responses. She also had a chance to get to know a librarian from Florida State University Libraries. Although currently a non-CALA member, the Florida librarian expressed her interest in CALA programs that would help her network with other colleagues and enhance her job performance.
Three members from our chapter had a wonderful gathering on Sunday, June 24. Involved in different aspects of academic librarianship, the members introduced themselves and discussed what were happening in their libraries. The discussion allowed each librarian to better understand current trends and issues. Most importantly, they brought back with support and closer friendship.
May 2007
Hanrong gave a presentation to Wuhan Public Library
Ms. Hanrong Wang, a life member of the CALA Southeast Chapter visited Wuhan Public Library, Wuhan, China, on May 14th, 2007. She also gave a presentation to more than 100 librarians during her visiting. See attached photo: Ms. Hanrong Wang (left) and Ms. Li Jingxia (Director of Wuhan Public Library, right).
